eagleonearth:
MTN should pay that fine. This is a way of also getting a fraction out of the fortunes this telecom giant is carting away from nigeria. I bet there must have been other operators who failed to meet the deadline but the fact remains that MTN is so much hated by every well-meaning nigerian. MTN is an unscrupulous thief. Remember the days of "send go to 33.." and 100 will disappear just like dt. After the re-registration of my sim recently, they credited 500 to me which I could not check the balance. That airtime could not call up to 4mins and got exhausted. I can go on and on to state how this operator has dealt with Nigerians like me. If not for the popularity and engagement of my line which have lasted for over 11 yrs, I would have ported a long time ago.

chosby:

my people perish for lack of knowledge. We have no alternative for Dstv and mtn yet we are daring the South Africans. Shoprite, Standard Chartered- should I continue? A trade war with SA can't augur well for our nomadic economy o. pls make una warn the herdsman o!!!!!

playboy19:


You guys just spew sh!t everywhere just for talking sake. No alternative for MTN? Then why do we have other network providers? Aside from job losses, tell me a single service Mtn offers that we can't get from other network? And Standard Chartered? What's that again? You must be kidding, if quick loan is what you want, go to FCMB.

Let me enlighten you a little, incase you don't know, shoprite rarely build shopping centers, they only rent and partner with real estate developers and have a first right over the shopping space and use their brand to draw traffic to the mall. Let the quit their space today and watch over 100 retail stores bid for their space.

Dstv? Even Koos Becker, the owner, will never dare to make such statement. He knows in a very very few months from now, he'd be having a formidable competition which he won't even dare to bully like he did to Toyin
Subair. So in all this, aside for loss of job, what exact are the services these SA companies offering we can't get from somewhere else again? Stop running this country down. It's enough.

Mboi:
When the issue of Sim registration came out, so many Nigerians were skeptical about it. Some said it will be used for election, some refused to go register. Some bought already registered sims, some gave people to register for them with fake or incomplete addresses, unknown image and so on. When MTN tried to educate them the need to register properly, many customers complained that MTN does not have the right to force them to give them their data, that after using their lines for years, MTN is threatening them with disconnection for failure to disclose their data for them. From there a lot of people started shouting FRAUD by MTN. So they decided to let their customers be.

Now all of a sudden, NCC now mandated all network providers to disconnect every line that was not properly registered by August. Messages, calls were put across to mtn customers who did not register properly but many turned it down saying it's a disturbance. Why would mtn ask them to leave their businesses to go and start registering line again after they have done it before years back. With this, a lot of people didn't go for proper registration as at the August deadline and threatend to sue MTN if their lines are disconnected.
So as it is now, MTN is facing this huge penalty because in a way, she was being fair to her customers. It will be a great hit on Nigeria businesses when you wake up one morning and noticed that about 5million lines have been disconnected, keeping ur business, all your contacts gone. I think NCC should be fair to Nigerians in discharging their so called duties.

stupidity:
They should close down the company sef.


To all MTN subscribers, keep recharging your mtn sim on your own peril.

playboy19:


You guys just spew sh!t everywhere just for talking sake. No alternative for MTN? Then why do we have other network providers? Aside from job losses, tell me a single service Mtn offers that we can't get from other network? And Standard Chartered? What's that again? You must be kidding, if quick loan is what you want, go to FCMB.

Let me enlighten you a little, incase you don't know, shoprite rarely build shopping centers, they only rent and partner with real estate developers and have a first right over the shopping space and use their brand to draw traffic to the mall. Let the quit their space today and watch over 100 retail stores bid for their space.

Dstv? Even Koos Becker, the owner, will never dare to make such statement. He knows in a very very few months from now, he'd be having a formidable competition which he won't even dare to bully like he did to Toyin
Subair. So in all this, aside for loss of job, what exact are the services these SA companies offering we can't get from somewhere else again?

rman:
When is FG going to fine themselves for not delivering on the national identity card?

W need to separate politics from business. We also need to separate our emotions from logical reasoning as Nigerians.

MTN is one of the biggest investors in Nigeria and government cannot punish them for their own laxity. Did NCC not collect money for sim reg that operators are already doing?

The main reason for thsi fine is because mtn has consistently refused to do the shady deals our politicians and public office holders are used to. Why fine 200k for every unregistered sim? Are u saying on the average Nigerians load 200k on their sims annually or monthly?

Mind u, this is the second time NCC is fining mtn in less than 1yr. T strategy is to frustrate them so they can take it over and run it like Nitel and kill it.

Yes, mtn is not perfect but this has politics and determination to frustrate them out written all over it. And for all those rejoicing, we are in a digital world where everything is linked together. I mtn shuts down all their switches today, economic activity will grind to a halt! Fact!

Swift, and other ISPs have their backbone traffic on their fibre infrastructure. Some oil platforms are using their Tx services. Some bank networks are riding on mtns enterprise solution and their back up may not be as robust.

Yes, fine mtn, but apply some common sense into it.

Fining one company 1/4 of the nations entire annual budget is illogical.

frankdata247:
kk

playboy19:


You guys just spew sh!t everywhere just for talking sake. No alternative for MTN? Then why do we have other network providers? Aside from job losses, tell me a single service Mtn offers that we can't get from other network? And Standard Chartered? What's that again? You must be kidding, if quick loan is what you want, go to FCMB.

Let me enlighten you a little, incase you don't know, shoprite rarely build shopping centers, they only rent and partner with real estate developers and have a first right over the shopping space and use their brand to draw traffic to the mall. Let the quit their space today and watch over 100 retail stores bid for their space.

Dstv? Even Koos Becker, the owner, will never dare to make such statement. He knows in a very very few months from now, he'd be having a formidable competition which he won't even dare to bully like he did to Toyin
Subair. So in all this, aside for loss of job, what exact are the services these SA companies offering we can't get from somewhere else again? Stop running this country down. It's enough.

MosquitoLaps:
I know they're misbehaving, but trillions?! Haba! That's too much for a fine na. You want to chase away potential foreign investors?
In fact, NCC must be probed!

eagleonearth:
MTN should pay that fine. This is a way of also getting a fraction out of the fortunes this telecom giant is carting away from nigeria. I bet there must have been other operators who failed to meet the deadline but the fact remains that MTN is so much hated by every well-meaning nigerian. MTN is an unscrupulous thief. Remember the days of "send go to 33.." and 100 will disappear just like dt. After the re-registration of my sim recently, they credited 500 to me which I could not check the balance. That airtime could not call up to 4mins and got exhausted. I can go on and on to state how this operator has dealt with Nigerians like me. If not for the popularity and engagement of my line which have lasted for over 11 yrs, I would have ported a long time ago.

OlujobaSamuel:

Bros, glo fibre optic is having a wider range than that of mtn. Do you know glo is the only network in Nigeria that runs a fibre optic cable from UK down to Nigeria and some other Africa countries.
NB; Not a glo fan nor have I used their network before, but setting the record straight.
Airtel is having a wider range in terms of reception in rural areas than any other network.
Last week, Mtn said they are to lose about 5m customers because it is more expensive running their network base in the rural communities. 70 to 85% are in the urban or suburban areas.
About 90% of subscribers(Enterprise Solutions inclusive) are having backups, so I only see a minimal effect as collateral damage.

lekjons:
Despite our hatred, most of us still uses MTN.
They really tried.

What i found annoying about them was the spam msgs, deducting your credit even when you have a valid subscribtion, automatic subscribtion(quotes, caller tunes e.t.c)

i believe they were doing all those because they didn't have a reasonable rival/competitor, which they'd find a threat.

Etisalat, Glo, Airtel all of them has their demerits..

May God help us..